Visitors often overlook Mexico’s second city but it is both cosmopolitan and – as capital of the state where tequila and mariachi originate – quintessentially Mexican
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Once considered one of Mexico’s most Catholic and conservative cities, Guadalajara has grown increasingly progressive and is now famed for its gay scene. Its cultural heart today is lively Colonia Americana, with its weekend street markets and free concerts held on broad avenues lined with palms, jacarandas and colonial mansions.
Gone are the days when online travel sites could get you the best deals. Now, if you want the most value for your money, you need to use a travel agent.
The striking Niagara Falls is less than two hours away from Toronto so we decided to go for a short excursion, especially since my friend had not seen the Falls from the Canadian side (way better!). To be complete tourists, we even took the Hornblower Niagara Boat Tour that takes you right up to the Falls so that you can experience it up close and personal. Growing up in Toronto, I have been to the Falls many times but I hadn’t been on this cruise since I was a little boy. I remember it being a lot of fun and just...
Leah Poulton, Destination BC's Social Media Manager, shares how her team scaled a marketing mountain via a campaign focused on one-to-one conversations.
PURA VIDA! Costa Rica es un paraíso que tienes que descubrir. Esta es la crónica de mi viaje a este increíble país a lado de Oriol Pamies, y con nuestro amigo Davey Wavey ¡Mucha naturaleza, eco-turismo, fiesta y diversión! #CostaRicaLGBT
The Mexico Tourism Board unveiled a new global campaign, "A World of Its Own," in New York City. The campaign represents the next chapter in Mexico's global tourism positioning and promotion and focuses on the vibrant, multi-faceted experiences that keep visitors coming back to Mexico and its hundreds of destinations, time and again. The "A World of Its Own" positioning highlights the sheer scale and diversity of Mexico's tourism offering and comes at a time when Mexico has climbed from the 15th (2012) to the 8th most visited country in the world (source: UNWTO), outpacing the global industry average in growth, by several times.
In conjunction with the leading International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) and following its first report in 2012, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has published a second report on the role of the increasingly important LGBT travel market. As the World’s Largest Travel Trade Fair and as part of its strategy to promote social responsibility, ITB Berlin is committed to firmly establishing the LGBT segment while also dispelling preconceptions. According to the report, in recent years the LGBT travel market has experienced a general upturn. Nevertheless, in some 70 countries around the world the legal situation of gays and lesbians remains very precarious, and a lot still needs to be done in terms of education.
Immediately after the GNetwork360 10th Annual LGBT Tourism & Business Conference in Buenos Aires, a group of LGBT media and conference participants headed down to the southern tip of Argentina, to the town of El Calafate. Staying at the lodge-like Alto Calafate Hotel, we took the shuttle into town for some local exploring and dining by night, and ventured into Los Glaciares National Park by day, once by boat on Lago Argentino (dinner cruise by MarpaTag Cruises) and another day by bus, where we were able to roam alongside the glacier as it calved icebergs large and small during our visit.
Zum 1. September 2017 werden die bislang vom insolventen Bruno Gmünder Verlag herausgegebenen Marken Spartacus International Gay Guide, Spartacus Traveler sowie m-maenner.de von verschiedenen Unternehmen der blu Mediengruppe übernommen.
Bathed in a pink spotlight, the cabaret singer at Phuket's ZAG bar lip-syncs the top notes of a popular Mandarin love song, delighting the crowd of gay Chinese tourists who have escaped judgement at home for sexual freedom in Thailand. With an estimated LGBTQ population of 70 million, China has
Are you thinking about Thailand as your next vacation destination? Drew Lewis from Pride Travel visited recently and had this to say: Every year as I plan my travel plans I try to seek out destinations that have a strong LGBT accepting community, are off of the beaten path but are still a popular destination. …
Despite my younger-self prophetically denouncing the idea of a gay holiday, I now fully recognise the value of travelling with like-minded counterparts. It’s a well-trodden trope by those on the right that if the LGBT community is able to celebrate their annual gay pride, then straight pride should exist. You know, for the suppressed, straight, white
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau has launched an unprecedented new destination brand initiative to serve as a warm welcome and visitor invitation to the international travel community. The campaign, which includes a new brand video and comprehensive digital marketing strategy, launched on United Nation’s World Tourism Day, a day that celebrated the importance of tourism and its cultural, political and economic values.
Join us for cocktails and an evening of great networking with tourism professionals, media, association executives and local VIPS. The evening also includes a silent auction, and you could leave the Saloon with amazing travel packages, such as: Event Passes & Lift Tickets for Aspen Gay Ski Week 2018; four nights accommodations in Cusco & the Sacred Valley in Peru; two nights at the MGM Grand Las Vegas along with show tickets; an NYC package consisting of hotel accommodations & sightseeing passes; two nights accommodations at The London, West Hollywood with dinner and bike tour; luxury suite accommodations for the night of Dallas Black Tie; and more!
Palm Springs has long been a hit with weekenders from LA, but now - with a spanking new design district and booming hotel scene (not to mention the fact that Coachella suddenly became cool) - the moody desert city is hotter than ever before
OK, so you're a traveler, LGBT or otherwise. You've decided you want to go to St. Petersburg, Florida on vacation. So now what? What do you do? Where do you go in your research and what resources do you use in order to plan your vacation? Next step... so OK, now you're there... you've landed and you've taken a taxi or Uber to your hotel. So again, now what? You're hungry, but first you want to meet up with your friends for a cocktail. What do you do? How do you as an LGBT traveler determine where you want to go for that drink, your dinner and then out that evening with your friends? Are you bringing a trusted FunMap, Damron or Spartacus Guide in your pocket?
Nada’s Italy, the premiere choice for international touring, was formed by a Passionate Ambassador of the Italian art of “living in the moment.” Nada Vergili developed the company Nada’s Italy in 2004 and since has made it of the most successful tour agencies in the US.
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Once considered one of Mexico’s most Catholic and conservative cities, Guadalajara has grown increasingly progressive and is now famed for its gay scene. Its cultural heart today is lively Colonia Americana, with its weekend street markets and free concerts held on broad avenues lined with palms, jacarandas and colonial mansions.